The Volokh Conspiracy
This blawg covers and debates news and political issues.
Author: The blawg's founder is Eugene Volokh (a professor at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law). Other contributors: Dale Carpenter of the University of Minnesota; David Kopel, research director for the Independence Institute; David Bernstein, Ilya Somin, Todd J. Zywicki and Tyler Cowen of George Mason University; David Post of Temple University (who also contributes to ICANN Watch); Erik Jaffe, a Washington, D.C., solo; Jim Lindgren of Northwestern University, Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve University (who also contributes to Bench Memos); "puzzleblogger" Kevan Choset, an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine in New York City; Orin Kerr of George Washington University, who also contributes to Convictions; Randy Barnett of Georgetown University; Russell Korobkin of UCLA; Stuart Benjamin of Duke University; and Eugene Volokh's brother Sasha Volokh (a professor at Georgetown University Law Center).
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Recent Posts from The Volokh Conspiracy
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Gallup Tracking Poll Shows McCain Ahead 48-45%.
In the 3-day Gallup tracking poll released today, McCain leads Obama by 3% — 48% to 45%. This is a 5-point jump from yesterday's tracking poll, which means that Saturday's...
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Obama bounce now gone in Rasmussen Tracking Poll; both tied at 48%.
As I suggested might happen a few days ago, Rasmussen is now reporting that McCain and Obama are tied in the 3-day tracking poll, each at 48%. This represents...
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Really Really Belated Advice to New Law Students:
I know it’s probably too late, since you’re already deeply embroiled in your first year classes (and have given up, among other things, trolling through the Volokh Conspiracy), I did want...
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Mea (sorta) culpa: Why I Won't Be Writing Anything More about Sarah Palin:
What has surprised me most (and depressed me some) about my recent postings(here, here, and here) questioning Sarah Palin’s qualifications to lead the country was the vehemence of...
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Frum on "The Vanishing GOP Voter":
David Frum has an interesting op-ed in the NYT on the "vanishing Republican voter." Here's a taste:...
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The Northwest Passage Opens:
From the NYT:...
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Are Heller's Attorney's Asking for Too Much?
The Washington Post argues Alan Gura and the other attorneys who successfully challenged the D.C. gun ban are asking for too much money in seeking attorneys' fees. The fees sought...
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Sunday Song Lyric:
The RNC played the Heart song "Barracuda" after John McCain's acceptance speech on Thursday night, and it seems Heart's Wilson sisters are none too happy about it. Their lawyers...
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They broke John McCain.
The most affecting part of John McCain’s acceptance speech was also the most surprising: McCain’s admission that he was broken by torture. I had read a little about this before on...
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The Republican "Triumph of the Will" (Not):
I usually skip watching political conventions entirely, given that they are just staged political propaganda for each party, providing a forum for politicians on each side to present rhetoric that mostly...